NSW hits 90 per cent double-dose vaccination rate

Ninety per cent of people aged 16 and over in NSW have now received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, as the state sets its sights on a 95 per cent rate.

Federal government data released yesterday afternoon shows 90.12 per cent of the age group were double-dosed, with 93.97 per cent having received at least one shot.

The rate is 75.6 per cent of the state’s total population vaccinated, including doses administered to children aged 12 to 15, surpassing many countries who started their rollouts months before Australia.

Just over 67 per cent of the UK population is fully vaccinated and the figure in the US is about 57 per cent, according to the Our World in Data vaccination tracker. Seven countries have higher double-dose rates than NSW: the UAE, Portugal, Singapore, Chile, Cambodia, Spain and South Korea.

NSW is the second jurisdiction in Australia to achieve 90 per cent, after the ACT reached that milestone on October 27 (its rate is now more than 95 per cent).

Source: smh.com.au